Charles M. Schulz was a famous cartoonist for writing the "Peanuts" comic strip, as well as writing the specials and the movies. If he were alive today, he would've been so proud of what this movie had done. This movie is a love letter to the franchise, and it does not suffer like what 20th Century Fox had done with the live action "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movies; this is what kids movies are made of, and it is suppose to be exactly what this movie should be. I could've been more than happy that 20th Century and Blue Sky Studios were trying to honor the legacy of Schulz's comic strips, and the specials that were very much directed by Bill Melendez. With that said, the movie is pretty much as I like to call it a romantic comedy adventure for Charlie Brown as he is what we know him for over fifty years, as he sees the Little Red- Haired Girl which he has a crush on and all he has to do is try to impress her. If that's not all, we also have Snoopy writing a story of himself as the World War I Flying Ace when he is trying to save the love of his life Fifi by the Red Baron. The story, in my opinion, is very well told as we are suppose to be rooting for Charlie Brown that he is trying not to be a quitter, and he is wanting to succeed. Of course, Snoopy's fantasy story is done well, but it is also cute at the same time. The voice acting by the child actors had all done a fantastic job for voicing these beloved characters that we all love and remember. Also, it was nice that the people who worked on this movie were able to use Bill Melendez's recording voices of Snoopy and Woodstock; even for having Craig and Bryan Schulz (son and grandson of Schulz) for being part of writing the script as they were very protective of Schulz's work, and do not want this to be a bad movie. That is very smart, because without their involvement it would not made the movie great. The movie is funny, and it is also heartwarming at the same time. The movie is under an hour in a half long, and it does go by at a pretty good pace. The music is by Christophe Beck is very good, as well as hearing Vince Guaraldi's original themes. Now for the animation, when I first heard that it was going to be CG and not hand drawn I thought it was going to be terrible. However, when the very first trailer was posted online and I was so darn impress by it. The animation to me is like a mixture of hand-drawn teaming up with CG animation. I have not seen many of Blue Sky Studios movies, but this one really impress me. The movie does feature to have the right balance to not only make this for the older generation, but to also appeal it for the younger generation. Steve Martino directed this movie, and I thought he does an amazing job to direct this movie. By the way, now the movie is available on DVD and Blu Ray as well as it has already been talked about, I do gotta say about the ending. The ending I thought was beautiful, and heartwarming at the same time. I also did cry because not only Charlie Brown had finally got to talk to the Little Red-Haired Girl, but it reminds me on much I loved Charlie Brown with the Peanuts gang and how much it has been going on for over fifty years, and it will also continue to live on forever. This reaction to the ending is similar that I had with "Jurassic World," where it remind on how much I loved the first one. With that said, I really love that the Peanuts gang are praising Charlie Brown and it freeze frames it from CG into a black and white hand-drawn with Schulz's name. That is perfect a way to end the movie, and this movie really does have a heart to it. When you look at kids shows turned into movies like "The Smurfs" movies, and "Alvin and the Chipmunk" movies they have no heart or any effort putted into. They are nothing but cash cows so they can take the name, and just sell nothing but toys. I'm glad this movie doesn't suffered like those, when you put pop culture references, fart jokes, and making things so darn modern. Even changing things too much from the source material. This movie gets the job right, and whenever the make another kids show turned into movies they better take notes like what this movie did. "The Peanuts Movie" is a movie that will make you smile, and I think you and your family will have a fun time watching it. I love this movie from beginning to end, and I am giving it a 10 out of 10!
Review of The Peanuts Movie
